"During the day yesterday some one came by and picked up all the boxes.I dont know who it was but I thank them.Now I can move on with working on the house and getting things I need to do out of the way."

Since I can no longer build due to my own medical problems and my wifes recent death .I no longer need all the Cb boxes I had in stock.I have 2 very large boxes full, running over with cigar boxes that some one thats close is welcome to come by and pick up.I'd like to see some one be able to use them.Otherwise I'm going to have to dispose of them.If any interested leave a message and I'll get with ya.See More

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My Wife lost her battle with Cancer today at 3:30 PM. She died in my arms just after I whispered it was OK to go to sleep.They took her away in a beautiful White Hearse .We've been together at work and at play, side by side for almost 35 years.It's a very empty world right now.

Just as I seemed to get better with my medical problems my wife seemed to falter as she took care of me.We now find she has lung and bone cancer,stage 4.We tried chemo and radiation but she was already so weak we had to stop treatments and bring her home.Hospice is now helping me care for her and I'm on medical leave so I can stay home with her.As it stands ,although we know the eventual outcome we try to keep things here at home as normal as possible.But ,its hard,very hard.

This is to all my customers and friends I've made over the years building and selling CBG's I am (at least temporarily) going out of the CBG business due to health issues that will not allow me to do the wood cutting needed to build.I have an illness that causes my arms and legs to spasm or jerk making it impossible to safely cut wood now days. I'll still be in the site here from time to time and hope to stay in contact with all the great folks I've met.

With this being our "busiest" time of the season, (not this year).No crowds like a normal year.
But I've managed to pull out a much better year then I expected building and selling my CBG's and DB's.
I took 5 DB's and 2 3 stringers in yesterday ( Fri at 2 pm and by 4 pm had sold 3.Sold another little experimental DB made out of a Tea tin that came jazzed up with purple shaded paint and was titled "Groovy Blue by the tea company.It just SCREAMED DB.
So I put it together with a… Continue

The blue knobs came off of ebay, I just typed in blue guitar tuner knobs. If you are talking about the blue hole covers, I just sprayed a couple of curtain grommets blue and then sprayed the window screen that I glued under the openings orange.

Hi Roger,
Just wanted to say "thanks." You've been more than generous with your comments about what you do and how you do things. It's been very helpful to me. I belong to an "art guild" in Mesa, Az. I used to make pens on my lathe, but now I make CBG's. I will be selling them at our street 2nd Friday art exhibition and street selling thing. Your info has been invaluable to me. I only sell my CBG's to finance my passion, I make dulci-guitars for kids with autisim. These kids get 'music therapy' which is good, mostly clapping and rhythm, but with a dulci gutiar, they can't play a wrong note, instant success for kids who have a hard time communicating. Selling CBG's pays for the dulci's I give to the kidfs. Your info is gold. You've taught me A LOT about retail and how to make this work. Thanks, pardner.

Well Roger, Girlfreind LOVED the box,even more than the gold heart i got her too, in the good books for ages now. So i guess i will keep her around a bit longer, Her son is getting in the CBG's now too so its 2 against one...
Rock on....Pete